Chief Minister PK Dhumal has urged the Centre to bring crop protection from wild animals under ambit of NREGA as farmers are suffering huge losses on this account.

He raised this issue in a meeting with Central Rural Development Minister CP Joshi at a high-level meeting in Delhi today.

- 300 NREGA permits lying with forest department
Jamua (Giridih), Sept. 3: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has reached every village in Giridih. But the question villagers are asking these days is where are their job cards.

Chiranjit Banerjee

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the effects of the global meltdown had begun to wear out and asserted that UPA II was in a commanding position to tackle drought.

IN ABOUT a fortnight, crores of unskilled workers registered under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) may start receiving the new minimum wage of Rs 100 a day, a government official said. So far, minimum wages were fixed by the respective state governments and they varied from Rs 65-140 a day.

Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey

Before tinkering with the NREGA in the name of reforms, the government must ensure that the foundations of the scheme are strengthened. No change should be introduced without a rigorous debate that centrally involves its primary constituents.

New Delhi: With concern being voiced over implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Centre has convened an all-party meeting here on Wednesday to discuss how its flagship programme for rural development could be run more effectively.

Forest ponds will be constructed to check the depleting groundwater and to harvest rainwater in Himachal Pradesh, state Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said Sunday.

In a major boost to economic development of the rural areas of Darrang district, the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India has sanctioned an amout of Rs 12.83 crore for implementation of NREGA for the financial year 2009-10.

THE UPA government